Axle-support.



.No. 806543. PATENTED DB0. 5, 1905.

G; KBSSELRING.

AXLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION rum) 1113.22, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1904, Serial No. 199396.

AXLE-SUPPORT.

, Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KEssELRrNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsdale, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Axle-Support, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to Wagon axles, and more particularly to a support or brace for the same, the object being to provide against breakage of the axle from undue side or lateral strain; and with this object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

.In the drawings forming a part of this specificatiomFigure 1 is an inverted perspecaxle.

tive view showing a wagon-axle provided with, my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of said Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig.4 is a sectional elevation on the line 4 4 of- Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the rear end ofone-of t e braces. r i

. Referring to the drawings, A indicates an ordinary wagon-axle, B the bolster, and G the hounds. Metallic braces D. are secured at their rear ends to the under side of the axle-and at their forward ends to the forward.

end of the hounds, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The-braces Dare recessed, as shown the nut E screwed thereon and bearing against the outer faces o f the said collars F.

An axle-brace as herein shown anddescribed'will be much stronger than an ordinary axle, and all tendency to break the said axle by side or lateral strain willbe avoided. I The. collars F may be independent of the axle-skeins, if preferred, and in that case they would bear against the shoulder formed upon the axles. only serve to hold the truss-rods in their properparallel relation, but also act as bridgepieces betweenthe truss-rods andbottom of axle.

Having thus fully described my invention,

wh'at'l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A deviceof the kind described, comprising The ends of the hound-braces not braces with openings formed in the front end portion, said portion being connected to f a hound, the rear end'portions of said braces having openings and grooves formed therein, said ends being connected to the under face of the axle, parallel truss-rods arranged longitudinallyonthe under face of the axle, fitting in the grooves of the braces and held a'part, for the purpose described. 2 a

' i GEORGE KESSELRING.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. GUERNSEY, L. P. REYNOLDS. 

